Swiss Civil Procedure Code
(Civil Procedure Code, CPC)

¹ Ser­vice shall be ef­fected by no­tice in the of­fi­cial gaz­ette of the can­ton or in the Swiss Of­fi­cial Gaz­ette of Com­merce where:

a.

the where­abouts of the ad­dress­ee are un­known and can­not be as­cer­tained des­pite mak­ing reas­on­able en­quir­ies;

b.

ser­vice is im­possible or would lead to ex­cep­tion­al in­con­veni­ence;

c.

if a party with dom­i­cile or re­gistered of­fice abroad has not provided a dom­i­cile for ser­vice in Switzer­land des­pite be­ing in­struc­ted to do so by the court.

² Ser­vice is deemed ac­com­plished on the day of pub­lic­a­tion.